Rail-joint.



'UNITED siarns 'PATENT onirica.

JOHN CUSICK, 0F SHARON, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIL-JOINT.

To all whom 'it may concern.' v

Be it known that I, JOHN Cusioii, a citizen of the United States of America, resid-Y as disclosed in my prior patent above "re-vv ferred to, the pi'esent invention aimsV to provide a rail joint having parts more quickly assembled and installed, the joint being constructed whereby one of the rails can be detachedwitliout necessarily disturbing the other rail.

With the above' and other objects in view` the invention resides in the novel construc-v tion, combination and. arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically vdescribed and then claimed.

ln the drawingz-Figiire 1 is a perspectivevicw of the rail joint. Figs. 2 and 8 are perspective views of the members of the rail joint. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the rail joint, partly broken away and partly in section, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the same.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a splice bar constituting one of the members. ofa rail joint and this splice'bar,.interinediate the ends thereof, is provided with an cnlargemcnt 2 which in cross section corresponds to the cross section of a rail, with the following exceptions: The outer side of the.

head oi' the enlargement`2 is provided with .an over-hanging lip '3 and the base 4 of the enlargement with af lateral extension 5.

The railsto be held are designated 6 and the ends ot' said rails are adapted to abut 4against the ends of the enlargement 2, said speciacation o'f Letters Patent.

v Application filed March 24, 1911.

'that the structuralA elements Patented May 23, 1911. Serial No. 616,677.

rails restino' u )on ties or slee ers 7 and su is l porting the splice bar 1 uponthe inner sides 'thereof with the enlargement 2 between thel ends of said rails. 1

The reference numeral Sydenotes an. outei` splice bai' adapted to engage the outer sides ofthe rail 6, said splice bar having the ends thereof provided with lateral flanges 9 and 10 having spike recesses 11 for spikes 12. 'lhe splice bar 8 has the upper and lower edges thereof cut away, :is at 18 and 14 to provideclearance for thel over-hanging lip 3 and the lateral extension 5 when the splice bar 8 is placed in engagement with'tlie rail i. ,After the splice bar can bediiven in one direction to move the 8 isin position it cut away rportions 13 and 14 out of alinement with tlielip 3 and the extension 5. As the splice bar is shifted, a tapering rib 15 carried by the upper edge of .the vbar moves into engagement with the inner side of the over-hanging lip3, and thereby holds the upper edges of the bar in engagement with the rails. After having been driven into positicntlie spikes 12 can be mounted in the tie and an outward extending lug 16 carried by the flange 10 movement of the bar 8.

It is thought that the manner of assemprevents a rearwardbling a rail joint will be apparent without ffurther description and while in the drawing there isi illustrated a preferred embodi ment of the invention, it is to be understood are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In a rail joint, the combination with ties and railsadapted to be supported by said ties, of a splice bar engaging the inner sides of said rails, an enlargement carried by the inner side of said splice bar and adapted to fit between'the ends ofv said rails, an overhanging lip carried by the outer side 'of said enlargement, a lateral extension car# ried by the outer side of said enlargement, an outer splice bar adapted 'Le engagethe outer sides of'lsaid rails, said splice bar haV- bar in engagement with said rails, slibstan- 'awa'y to provide clearance for said lip and In testimony whereof I affix my signature gg i y '993,153A

ing the uppviand lower edges thereof cut` tially as described. 10

said lateral extension, a tapering' rib carried in the presence of two Witnesses. by the upper edge of sald splice bar md JOHN CUASICK. adapted to engage the inner side of said lipv Witnesses:

yvhen' said bar is shifted, and means includ- C. T. Hoon, lng spikes adapted to hold said outer splice/ MAX H. SRoLovITz. 

